Lois McMaster Bujold
Author of The Curse of Chalion
About the Author
Science fiction and fantasy author Lois McMaster Bujold was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1949. After graduating from Ohio State University, she worked as a pharmacy technician at Ohio State University Hospitals. Her first short story was published in Twilight Zone Magazine in 1984 and her first three show more novels were published in 1986. She received the Nebula Award for Falling Free and The Mountains of Mourning and the Hugo Award for The Vor Game, Barrayar, Mirror Dance, The Mountains of Mourning, and Paladin of Souls. She also received the Locus award for Mirror Dance and Paladin of Souls, the Minnesota Book Award for Komarr, the Mythopoeic Award for The Curse of Chalion, and a Romantic Times 2003 Reviewers' Choice Award for Paladin of Souls. She is best known for her series featuring Miles Vorkosigan. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo by Carol Collins 2010
Series
Works by Lois McMaster Bujold
Young Miles (The Warrior's Apprentice / The Mountains of Mourning / The Vor Game) (1986) 1,667 copies
Penric's Labors (Masquerade in Lodi/ The Orphans of Raspay/ The Physicians of Vilnoc) (2023) 68 copies
La Saga Vorkosigan intégrale, Tome 1 : Chute libre ; L'honneur des Cordelia ; Barrayar (2011) 9 copies
Lois McMaster Bujold 4 copies
Falling Free, Part Two 1 copy
Falling Free, Part Four 1 copy
Falling Free 1 copy
The Sharing Knife Volume 1 copy
五神傳說終部曲:神聖狩獵 1 copy
Associated Works
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1988) — Contributor — 58 copies
Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism (1999) — Contributor — 42 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CVII, No. 13 (Mid-December 1987) (1986) — Author — 20 copies
Glass Bead Games — Foreword — 13 copies
FenCon VI — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- McMaster, Lois Joy (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1949-11-02
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Marion, Ohio, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Education
- Ohio State University
- Occupations
- science fiction writer
- Relationships
- McMaster, Robert C. (father)
- Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Awards and honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1995)
Guest of Honour, Worldcon, Denvention 3 (2003)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year ( [2002])
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year ( [2003])
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year ( [2005])
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2019)
Members
Discussions
Group Read: Paladin of Souls (Apr 2021) in The Green Dragon (July 2022)
Group Read: The Curse of Chalion (Jan 2021) in The Green Dragon (February 2021)
Bujold Wins Award! in Science Fiction Fans (December 2019)
Group Read: The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold in 2016 Category Challenge (October 2019)
Year-long Group Read: The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold in 2014 Category Challenge (December 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Miles, Mutants and Microbes in 2014 Category Challenge (April 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Miles, Mystery and Mayhem in 2014 Category Challenge (March 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Cordelia's Honor in 2014 Category Challenge (January 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Young Miles in 2014 Category Challenge (August 2014)
Lois McMaster Bujold fan here in Science Fiction Fans (November 2012)
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Nebula Award (3)
Female Author (3)
Unread books (2)
Shelf 101 (2)
Farm Boy Fantasy (2)
Epic Fantasy (2)
Favourite Books (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 88
- Also by
- 32
- Members
- 77,582
- Popularity
- #159
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 2,439
- ISBNs
- 812
- Languages
- 21
- Favorited
- 528
So far, the Vorkosigan books are often at their best when considering cultural clashes, but I got little sense of that in this book even though it ought to be rife with it; in the rigid, ossified, stratified society of Cetaganda, one might think Miles could see a mirror to his own society. (And indeed, the cover implies such an image.) But I did not see such a thing really presented in the actual book.
Of course, it's a Vorkosigan book by Bujold, so it has good action, fun jokes, nice moments of characterization, and all comes together well. But it's the first book in the series that has felt disposable, that hasn't felt like a story that needed to be told. One knows she could do more.… (more)